NUJ Branch July 2021

  • 15 Jul 2021

News on the right to disconnect, the campaign to stop the privatisation of Channel 4 and a former George Viner scholar describes how the charity has helped him.

In this issue: 

  • The right to disconnect. Laura Bambrick, head of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ social policy, explains the new code in Ireland designed to counter the always-on culture.
  • Hands Off Channel 4. Broadcasting organiser Paul Siegert examines the government’s plan to flog off the station.
  • Nabil Mehdinejad describes how a bursary from the George Viner Memorial Fund led him from mixing cocktails to making awarding winning documentaries, as the deadline looms for applications to the NUJ’s charity. 
  • Reporting trauma. Former BBC journalist Jo Healy explains how her course can help journalists when interviewing vulnerable people.
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